Hi, I have 500 files I need to have the exact same filename as different set of 500 files .
The files are different (they are all .png files), but I need the filenames to be the same.
Any idea how to streamline this process (versus the manual copy + paste of each file individually)?
iMac 27″, macOS 12.5
The operating system will restrict you to a unique filename per folder unless you want to add generation sets (filename_001.png, ..., filename_500.png) to the naming process. You cannot have 500 identically named files in the same folder.
The operating system will restrict you to a unique filename per folder unless you want to add generation sets (filename_001.png, ..., filename_500.png) to the naming process. You cannot have 500 identically named files in the same folder.
Hi. I did not mean the same folder. I am using 2 separate folders. And yes, I am talking unique filenames with varying numbers and letters (but they do not follow a simple order like 1, 2, 3, etc.)
Any ideas?
What is an example filename before it is copied, and afterward? Is there a consistent pattern in the source filenames, and what name formatting do you wish for the copied image name? Using the System included Zsh shell?
Example:
Folder one contains these files:
record#25.png
apple#300.png
van#21.png
Folder two contains these files
record.png
apple.png
van.png
I need folder two to appear like folder one (the .png files themselves are different, what I need to be the same is the filenames)
You mentioned folder 1 containing the non-alphanumeric characters and folder two without them, so I was led to believe you wanted those characters removed when copying from folder 1 to folder 2.
You could do this, provided you are in the Terminal and source A and destination folder B are on the same level:
mkdir -p B
ditto A B/
This will copy all of the files in A folder into the B folder, without recreating folder A in B. This will be very fast and preserve the original filenames and any extended attributes that may be on them.
Ditto will duplicate the files (not just their names) to the destination folder. Are you now inferring that you want just the filenames duplicated as zero content filenames to the destination folder? The following will place zero-length replicas of the original filenames in folder B:
for f in A/*.png(.Non);
do
touch B/"${f:t}"
done
Do I surmise that you want the '#' character removed in the copy process? Are any other characters in those source filenames to be removed?
Hey, it's actually the opposite...I want the '#' character and the numerals to be copied over (not removed)
ok thanks! Confirming this will not copy the file contents over at all...only the filenames, correct?
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